System and method for link of upper shopping mall and independent shopping mall using API method

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a link system and link method of an upper shopping mall and an independent shopping mall of API (application programming interface) link method, in particular, to a technology that builds and manages an independent shopping mall having an independent domain address and an user interface besides the upper shopping mall which is registered together with the other sellers. According to the present invention, provided is a link system of an upper shopping mall having a plurality of sellers and an independent shopping mall operated independently by one person among the sellers, of API link method, which comprises a shopping mall database that stores a goods information, a member information, and a payment and delivery information; an independent shopping mall web server receives a goods inquiry or a purchase request from a user to output a factor for extracting data of the shopping mall database, and receives a necessary data from the shopping mall database; and an API server receives a factor from the independent shopping mall web server to analyze, and accesses to the shopping mall database so as to request that the necessary data should be sent to the independent shopping mall web server.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is the U.S. national stage application of InternationalPatent Application No. PCT/KR2007/003029, filed Jun. 22, 2007, thedisclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a link system and link method of anupper shopping mall and an independent shopping mall of API (applicationprogramming interface) link method, in particular, to a technology thatbuilds and manages an independent shopping mall having an independentdomain address and an user interface besides the upper shopping mallwhich is registered together with the other sellers.

BACKGROUND ART

Conventionally, there has been a technology of method and system forgenerating and parceling-out a lower shopping mall in an upper shoppingmall, however, such technology had many problems (refer to KoreaPublished Patent NO. 2005-0112015, Korea Published Patent NO.2003-0071732).

The related art reproduced a goods database that the upper shopping mallalready has, or adopted a mode that builds the lower shopping mall bydirectly approaching to the upper shopping mall database.

However, in case of the mode of reproducing the goods database, thesynchronization with the other side was not performed on a real timebasis when the database of one side was updated, but the task for thesynchronization has to be separately worked in a constant cycle.Therefore, there has been a problem in that the side effect including atemporary data omission or the waste of system resources can not beevaded.

Additionally, in case of the mode of directly approaching to thedatabase of the upper shopping mall, there has been a problem in thatthe danger of the security has to be accepted due to the database accessof the lower shopping malls, or the lower shopping mall configurationand the self-control of an operation are seriously trespassed on byconsiderably blocking the access of the lower shopping mall account inorder to avoid that.

Additionally, in the other shopping mall parceling-out solution, themode that forms a unique database of the lower shopping mall is adoptedwithout the link of the lower shopping mall and the upper shopping mall.However, such mode has a problem that it cannot help accepting aconsiderable burden of cost in that sellers have to separately manageboth the upper shopping mall and the lower shopping mall.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION Technical Problem

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve at least theproblems and disadvantages of the related art. An object of the presentinvention is to provide a link system and link method of an uppershopping mall and an independent shopping mall capable of solving thesecurity problem according to the common database by using the API linkmethod and intensifying the individuality of the lower shopping mall.

Technical Solution

In order to accomplish the object, according to the present invention,provided is a link system of an upper shopping mall having a pluralityof sellers and an independent shopping mall operated independently byone person among the sellers, of API link method, which comprises ashopping mall database that stores a goods information, a memberinformation, and a payment and delivery information; an independentshopping mall web server receives a goods inquiry or a purchase requestfrom a user to output a factor for extracting data of the shopping malldatabase, and receives a necessary data from the shopping mall database;and an API server receives a factor from the independent shopping mallweb server to analyze, and accesses to the shopping mall database so asto request that the necessary data should be sent to the independentshopping mall web server.

Additionally, provided is a link method of an upper shopping mall and anindependent shopping mall of the API link method, which comprisesperforming a seller registration, and performing a goods registration inan upper shopping mall web server; receiving an independent shoppingmall construction application from the registered seller; establishingan independent shopping mall according to the independent shopping mallconstruction application; receiving a goods inquiry or a purchaserequest from a user in an independent shopping mall web server, andoutputting a factor for extracting the data of a shopping mall database;requesting the sending of a necessary data by accessing to the shoppingmall database, after receiving and analyzing the factor from theindependent shopping mall web server in an API server; and receiving thenecessary data from the shopping mall database in the independentshopping mall web server.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system for linking an upper shoppingmall and an independent shopping mall according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method for linking an upper shoppingmall and an independent shopping mall according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE CHARACTERS OF PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS

-   -   10: upper shopping mall web server.    -   20: shopping mall database.    -   21: goods database.    -   22: member information database.    -   23: payment and delivery information database.    -   30: independent shopping mall web server.    -   40: API server.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system for linking an upper shoppingmall and an independent shopping mall according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system for linking the upper shopping mall andthe independent shopping mall is comprised of an upper shopping mall webserver 10, a shopping mall database 20, an independent shopping mall webserver 30, and an API server 40.

The upper shopping mall web server 10 receives the seller registration,the goods registration and receives an independent shopping mallconstruction application from a registered seller.

The shopping mall database 20 includes a goods database 21 which storesa goods information, a member information database 22 which stores amember information, and a payment and delivery information database 23which stores a payment and delivery information.

The shopping mall database 20 can manage the member information while auser who became a member through the independent shopping mall isindicated with a separate identifier. Through this, a discriminatedmarketing method can be applied to the user who became a member throughthe independent shopping mall after a filtering.

The shopping mall database 20 can manage the payment information for thepayment generated through the independent shopping mall with a separateidentifier for indicating. Through this, it can be utilized as a basicmaterial for an inflow path analysis or a visitor behavior analysis.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 receives a goods inquiry ora purchase request from a user and outputs a factor for extracting dataof the shopping mall database 20 to the API server 40, while a necessarydata is delivered from the shopping mall database 20.

The factor can include a corresponding seller ID, a field data for goodsinformation searching, and a member information ID.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 can perform the genericfunctionality of an internet shopping mall including user membershipjoin.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 can receive data from theshopping mall database 20 with XML or HTML format, and can convert itinto an output form which is suitable for the interface of theindependent shopping mall for output. Through this, datas are relocatedwith a desired form after receiving necessary data and can output them.In that way, the unique user interface of the independent shopping mallcan be built through a skin editing.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 can apply a separatediscount rate to the price information of goods information datadelivered from the shopping mall database 20 or can issue a separatediscount coupon. Through this, the unique price policy of theindependent shopping mall can be organized.

The API server 40, after receiving and analyzing the factor from theindependent shopping mall web server 30, accesses to the shopping malldatabase 20 and requests the transmission of necessary data.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 can obtain only theinformation relates to the corresponding seller or user by using the APIserver 40, thereby, the security problem according to the commondatabase can be solved.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method for linking an upper shoppingmall and an independent shopping mall according to an embodiment of thepresent invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the upper shopping mall web server 10, theseller registration and the goods registration are performed S100.

An independent shopping mall construction application is received fromthe registered seller S110.

According to the independent shopping mall construction application, theindependent shopping mall is built S120.

The independent shopping mall construction can be made by setting up anindependence account, and by copying a file required for the shoppingmall construction into the corresponding accounts.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 receives a goods inquiry ora purchase request from a user S130.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 outputs a factor forextracting data of the shopping mall database 20 to API server 40 S140.

The factor can include a corresponding seller ID, a field data for goodsinformation searching, and a member information ID.

After receiving and analyzing the factor from the independent shoppingmall web server 30, API server 40 accesses to the shopping mall database20 and requests the transmission of necessary data S150.

Necessary data are delivered to the independent shopping mall web server30 from the shopping mall database 20 S160. The independent shoppingmall web server 30 can receive data from the shopping mall database 20with XML or HTML format.

Data that the independent shopping mall web server 30 is delivered fromthe shopping mall database 20 is converted into an output form which issuitable for the interface of the independent shopping mall to outputS170.

The independent shopping mall web server 30 applies a separate discountrate to the price information of goods information data delivered fromthe shopping mall database 20 S180.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variation can be made in the present invention withoutdeparting from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it isintended that the present invention cover the modifications andvariations of this invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

According to the present invention, the effect of a link system and linkmethod of an upper shopping mall and an independent shopping mall of APIlink method is as follows:

First, the independent shopping mall web server can obtain only theinformation relates to the corresponding seller by using API linkmethod, thereby, the security problem according to the common databasecan be solved.

Second, data that the independent shopping mall web server is deliveredfrom the shopping mall database can be freely converted such thatvarious user interfaces can be provided.

Third, in case of the information relating to the independent shoppingmall, a separate identifier is provided when storing data in theshopping mall database, thereby, a marketing method for only theindependent shopping mall can be implemented through the filteringmethod. Accordingly, the individuality of the independent shopping mallcan be more strengthened.

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: performing a sellerregistration for a user, and performing a goods registration in a firstweb server having a plurality of users, the user being one of theplurality of users; receiving, in the first web server, a second webserver construction application from the user; establishing a website onthe second web server according to the second web server constructionapplication, the second web server being independently operated from thefirst web server by the user, the second web server having a differentdomain name than the first web server; receiving a purchase request froma member of the website on the second web server; responsive toreceiving the purchase request, outputting, by the second web server, afactor for extracting data from a database of the first web server;receiving and analyzing, via an Application Programming Interface (API)server, the factor from the second web server, the API server being adifferent server than the first web server and the second web server; inresponse to analyzing the factor, requesting, via the API server,necessary data from the database, only a portion of the data in thedatabase that is related to the one of the plurality of users isaccessible by the second web server through the API server; receiving,in the second web server, the necessary data from the database of thefirst web server; applying a separate discount rate from a rate appliedby the first web server, the separate discount rate applied to priceinformation of goods information data received from the database, therate applied via the second web server; and indicating, by the database,a user who became a member through the website with a first separateidentifier to manage member information, and a second separateidentifier to manage payment information.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the factor includes a corresponding seller ID and a field datafor goods information searching.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein thesecond web server receives data from the database in XML or HTML format.4. The method of claim 1, further comprising: converting data from thedatabase into an output form suitable for an interface of the website.5. A non-transitory machine-readable storage device embodyinginstructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine toperform the operations comprising: performing a seller registration fora user, and performing a goods registration in a first web server havinga plurality of users, the user being one of the plurality of users;receiving, in the first web server, a second web server constructionapplication from the user; establishing a website on the second webserver according to the second web server construction application, thesecond web server being independently operated from the first web serverby the user, the second web server having a different domain name thanthe first web server; receiving a purchase request from a member of thewebsite on the second web server; responsive to receiving the purchaserequest, outputting, by the second web server, a factor for extractingdata from a database of the first web server; receiving and analyzing,via an Application Programming Interface (API) server, the factor fromthe second web server, the API server being a different server than thefirst web server and the second web server; in response to analyzing thefactor, requesting, via the API server, necessary data from thedatabase, only a portion of the data in the database that is related tothe one of the plurality of users is accessible by the second web serverthrough the API server; receiving, in the second web server, thenecessary data from the database of the first web server; applying aseparate discount rate from a rate applied by the first web server, theseparate discount rate applied to price information of goods informationdata received from the database, the rate applied via the second webserver; and indicating, by the database, a user who became a memberthrough the website with a first separate identifier to manage memberinformation, and a second separate identifier to manage paymentinformation.
 6. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device ofclaim 5, wherein the factor includes a corresponding seller identifier(ID) and a field data for goods information searching.
 7. Thenon-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 5, wherein thesecond web server receives data from the database in XML or HTML format.8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage device of claim 5,further comprising: converting data from the database into an outputform suitable for an interface of the website.